TEMPE, Ariz. — For two hours Sunday, on a unique stage in Arizona, Michael Bush pushed his hardest to prove a point — that he still belongs in the NFL, that his abrupt exit from Chicago last year has never sat well and that he isn't willing to accept...

Patrick Willis made seven Pro Bowls and a strong case for the Pro Football Hall of Fame yet his sudden retirement at 30 paled in comparison to that of a lesser 49ers linebacker.
Chris Borland was younger than Willis too. The 24-year-old shocked the...

Of all the tumult to follow the National Football League in the past year — including a spate of domestic violence cases and questions about deflated footballs — nothing has roiled the country's most popular sport quite like the retirement of an...

Please nobody tell Brandon Marshall that his trade to the Jets last Friday wasn’t the only thing that happened in the NFL over the weekend that potentially affected the Bears. At least six other developments around the league piqued just as much curiosity...

When teams fixate on the quarterback position, they can place too much value on prospects and push them up draft boards while turning a blind eye to obvious flaws.
Look no further than the 2011 NFL draft as a warning sign for what can happen. The...

PHOENIX — The discovery of Russell Wilson, a third-round pick of the Seahawks in 2012 who shed the label of "game manager" about as quickly as his feet move running the zone read with Marshawn Lynch, set an example for what roughly half of the...

MOBILE, Ala. — As the Bears work to fill out John Fox's coaching staff and review personnel there is also the task of preparing for the NFL draft, the lifeblood of any organization, especially one in a rebuilding phase.
Fox and new general manager Ryan...

New UF coach Jim McElwain has hired Doug Nussmeier to become the Gators new offensive coordinator, the school announced Wednesday.
Nussmeier spent the 2014 season at Michigan, but became one of the leading candidates to run McElwain's offense at UF...

Running off at the typewriter …
In the wake of the Big 12 getting shafted by the college-football playoff committee — in part perhaps because the conference didn't have a championship game — league commissioner Bob Bowlsby has broached the possibility of...

After benching Jay Cutler this week, the Bears seem to have little choice but to trade or cut him after this season, although he says his goal is to remain with the team.
Trading Cutler would be the only way to avoid owing him the majority of $15.5...

An actual topic on an Orlando radio show on Monday: "Is it time for the Cleveland Browns to pull the plug on the Johnny Manziel experiment?"
Yes, this came in the wake of Manziel's very first start -- albeit an abysmal one -- in which...

The quarterbacks went down, and they went down hard.
Houston, Washington and Tennessee lost their quarterbacks Sunday. Even Denver had to do without Peyton Manning for a bit, with the Broncos star uncharacteristically missing a few snaps in San Diego...

The Times' NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week's matchups. Lines according to Glantz-Culver (O/U = over/under). Last week's record 12-4 (.750); season 134-73-1 (.647). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the...

You read that headline correctly, the Seattle Seahawks traded wide receiver and kick return specialist Percy Harvin traded to the New York Jets on Friday, a stunning move that has NFL and fantasy implications.
Fantasy outlook: The Seahawks appear to de...

Injuries are a pain (sorry about that) -- unless you're the beneficiary. That looks to be a recurring theme in Week 6 as key injuries on offense and defense present opportunities for certain players to fill up the fantasy football stat sheets.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Brian Hoyer's second touchdown pass of the fourth quarter to Travis Benjamin was the go-ahead score with 1:09 left, as the Cleveland Browns rallied from a 25-point first-half deficit to claim a 29-28 victory over the Tennessee...

The Times' NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week's matchups. Lines according to Glantz-Culver (O/U = over/under). Last week's record 8-5 (.615); season 39-22 (.639). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the...